Grant a time-limited user role

Learn how to assign a role to a user temporarily. Use this feature if you have a user who needs to perform a one-time action that is normally outside their roles.

Before you begin

Role required: admin

About this task

Warning:

Usage of Time-limited User Roles may consume access and use rights procured by customer and could result in additional subscription fees.

Procedure

1. Navigate to All > > User Administration > Time-limited user roles.
2. Select New.
3. Fill in the fields on the form.

   All fields except Comments are mandatory.

   Fields	Description
   Active	Determines if the time limited role assignment is active.
   Role	The role assigned to the user. Only admin, impersonate, and snc_readonly are allowed
   User	The user to be assigned the time limited role
   Start Time	The start time and date for the time limited role
   End Time	The end time and date for the time limited role Note: End Time cannot be more than 5 days from the Start Time.
   Comments (Optional)	Additional comments or information for the limited role assignment

4. Select Submit.

Result

The specified user now has the role. They must complete their restricted task between the start time and the end time.